WEBVTT
SCOTT'S
PPOSITION AND THE SCOTT CAMPAIGN
PIS FIGHTING BACK.
PHERE'S NBC 5'S STEWART
PLEDBETTER.
P>> I THINK I'M THE ONLY
PCANDIDATE WHO ACTUALLY SUPPORTS
PA WOMAN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
PWITHOUT EXCEPTIONS.
PSTEWART: IT CAME UP IN THIS
PWEEK'S DEBATE AND AGAIN IN AN
PADVERTISING BLITZ FROM PLANNED
PPARENTHOOD'S POLITICAL ACTION
PCOMMITTEE QUESTIONING WHETHER
PPHIL SCOTT WILL PROTECT ABORTION
PRIGHTS OR NOT.
P>> AND A SEVEN DAYS FACT CHECK
PSAID PHIL SCOTT SUPPORTED
PRESTRICTIONS ON A WOMAN'S RIGHT
PTO CHOOSE.
PPHIL SCOTT'S NOT DIFFERENT.
PHE'S JUST A TYPICAL REPUBLICAN.
PSTEWART: THE PROBLEM?
PSCOTT HAS FAVORED ABORTION
PRIGHTS HIS ENTIRE CAREER.
P>> I'M NOT TRYING TO LIMIT
PANYONE'S CHOICE.
PI BELIEVE IN A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO
PCHOOSE.
PSTEWART: IN 2003, SCOTT
PSUPPORTED A BILL IN MONTPELI
PTO NOTIFY PARENTS IF THEIR
PUNDERAGED DAUGHTER SOUGHT AN
PABORTION.
PTHE BILL DIDN'T PASS.
PHE SAYS HE NO LONGER FAVORS THE
PIDEA.
P>> WOULD YOU FAVOR MAKING ANY
PCHANGE TO A WOMAN'S ACCESS?
P>> NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
PSTEWART: THE ATTACK ADS INSPIRED
PA LONGTIME PLANNED PARENTHOOD
PBOARD MEMBER TO SPEAK OUT.
PCANDY MOOT APPEARING IN A NEW AD
PFOR SCOTT THAT AIRS SATURDAY.
P>> I'M OUTRAGED AND SICKENED
PTHAT PLANNED PARENTHOOD HAS
PDISTORTED THE POSITION PHIL
PSCOTT TAKES TODAY AND THE
PPOSITION HE'S ALWAYS TAKEN.
PSTEWART: A PLANNED PARENTHOOD
PSPOKESMAN SAID, "WE WOULD NOT BE
PRUNNING THESE ADS WERE PHIL
PSCOTT'S POSITION THE SAME."
PASKED ABOUT THE CONTROVERSY ON
PTHE TRAIL FRIDAY, DEMOCRAT SUE
PMINTER HELD FIRM.
P>> MY RESPONSE IS LET'S MAKE
PSURE WE ELECT A GOVERNOR WHO IS
PSTANDING UP AND HAS A HISTORY OF
PSTANDING UP FOR WOMEN FOR
PREPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND RIGHTS.
PSTEWART: WE SHOWED THE TV ADS TO
PVETERAN UVM POLITICAL ANALYST
PGARRISON NELSON WHO CALLS IT
PUNFORTUNATE.
P>> SHE'S LOSING.
PAND WHEN YOU'RE LOSING, LOSING,
PYOU BASICALLY DO DANGEROUS
PTHINGS.
PMISREPRESENTING YOUR OPPONENT'S
PPOSITION IS ONE OF THE DANGEROUS

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Planned Parenthood’s political action committee has spent heavily to broadcast two commercials that tell viewers Vermont Right to Life, a staunchly anti-abortion group, has "recommended" Scott’s election. The ads urge viewers to support Democrat Sue Minter instead, calling her someone "we can trust."

Yet Scott says he has supported Planned Parenthood’s work, and defended abortion rights all of his political career.

In 2003, however, then-Sen. Scott supported a proposal to notify a parent whose minor daughter sought an abortion. The bill failed.

Scott said Friday he would make no changes if elected governor. "Absolutely not," he told NBC5. "I support women’s rights. I believe they have a right to choose. I’m a pro-choice candidate."

"My response is, let’s make sure we elect a governor who is standing up, and who has a history of standing up for women for reproductive health and rights," Minter said.

Nick Charyk, campaign manager for Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund, said the group is "disappointed in the Phil Scott campaign’s response. The Planned Parenthood Vermont Action Fund IE PAC ads present verifiable information about the differences between the candidates’ positions on access to abortion. Sue Minter has consistently supported access to abortion without exception. We would not be running these ads were Phil Scott’s position the same."

But University of Vermont political analyst Garrison Nelson said the ads against Scott are misleading and carry some risk for Minter, who trailed in this week’s polling.

"She’s losing," Nelson said. "And when you’re losing, you basically do dangerous things, and misrepresenting your opponent’s position is one of the dangerous things you do."